iQuit (again)

The only way to beat device dependence

Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash

This summer my flip phone died. The 3G network that powered my outdated little number was discontinued and a 5G flip phone hadn’t quite come along yet. So, really, I had a good excuse when I took an old iPhone out of a drawer. I had somewhat famously quit smartphones in 2018 and published a book about the experience. For nearly four years I walked around quietly smug while…